Some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking that they change laws, change society, or even

earn the label, Crime of the Century.

But the stories that made headlines in decades past aren't necessarily remembered today.

I'm Amber Hunt, a journalist, an author, and in each episode of this show,

I'll examine a case that's maybe lesser known today, but was huge when it happened.

This is Crimes of the Centuries.

Thank you. This is Crimes of the Centuries. On May 13, 2026, the South Carolina Supreme Court did something pretty rare,

and a unanimous decision, five justices, zero dissents.

It threw out the double murder conviction of Ehrlich Murdoch and ordered a new trial.

Now, for a lot of people, that name won't be new.

If you've been anywhere near the true crime space in the last

few years, you've heard it. There was a Netflix docu series, a Hulu mini series with Patricia

Arquette. There are podcasts and books, and there was wall-to-wall coverage of a six-week

trial in early 2023 that ended with a jury convicting Elek of killing his own wife and son.

Believe it or not, I'm not one of the people who followed the trial. I get asked a lot,

what true crime stuff I consume in my off time, and my answer is, I don't. I cover crime for a

living. I don't come home saying, yeah, let's find some more crime to hear about. And as you know,

I prefer covering older cases. When I was a daily reporter, which I was for some 30 years,

I hated having to do what's called the quarter turn coverage. As in every quarter turn of the

screw, you'd have to write a new story. I mean, it might be important to the case,

don't get me wrong, but it can feel overwhelming for the reporters, not to mention the people

involved. And now that I'm not doing daily coverage, I can say from that side of things,

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